"Okay, please relax and look at this watch. Look at the rotation of the hour, minute, and second hands."
The Dream Traveler held the watch chain and hung the pocket watch in front of Li Yao, shaking it gently.
Li Yao stared at the pocket watch deeply and entered a mysterious trance. Everything in front of him seemed to be familiar — the dim light emitted by the hands, the clicking sound of the mechanical structure, the howling of the storm outside, the position of everyone around him, their breathing and heartbeat, and the 432 mosquitoes hovering around the light.
Yes, every detail was correct.
"The blood-black nothingness begins to weave a network."
The Dream Traveler's voice was very soft.
This incantation put Li Yao into a dream, and from the dream, he traveled to memory fragments from a long time ago.
The data that had not been completely erased in the reincarnation was reassembled into a world that was both real and illusory. He saw himself running wildly in the mazes of cities and battlefields, fighting for freedom and hope, even sacrificing his own life time and time again.
"So, I've always been a 'prison breaker'. In the past five, no, ten reincarnations, I've always been one. My goal has never changed."
A realization rose in Li Yao's heart.
However …
He suddenly turned around and stared at the burning horizon in the distance. He kept feeling that it was empty and that something was missing.
That's right, where did the silver-white ball that appeared in his dreams go? The thing that was tied to the back of his head like a balloon had disappeared.
However, that was an insignificant thing. Li Yao shook his head hard and quickly forgot about it. Under the guidance of the Dream Traveler, he focused on traveling to an even more ancient past to awaken more memories and abilities.
He did not know how long he had wandered in the memories of his previous life. Perhaps it was not until he and the Dream Traveler had exhausted the power of their souls that everything around them gradually became blurry and distorted. He seemed to have been pulled back into a very long tunnel and returned to the real world of this life. Somewhere in Southeast Asia, in a warehouse at the port in a storm.
"Li Yao? Li Yao! "
He heard someone calling him.
"That's right."
His eyes became clear and sharp. "I am Li Yao, without a doubt!"
"Congratulations, you've passed the final test!"
The atmosphere was relaxed. All the awakened ones of the Ark Foundation walked out of the shadows with sincere smiles on their faces. The Dream Traveler even took the initiative to help Li Yao up. "I didn't expect you to be such a determined 'Prison Breaker'. You were even the core backbone of the resistance organization in several reincarnations. You're much more powerful than the rest of us. It's no wonder that in this life, you have the power above the 'Terminator' and can fight evenly with the hunters.
"Welcome to the Ark Foundation. Oh, my mistake. It should be welcoming your 'return', Prison Breaker Li Yao!"
"I …"
Li Yao blinked. The suspicion in the depths of his eyes disappeared and turned into a faint smile. "You don't have a fifth test?"
"Since the Dream Traveler has already sensed your loyalty after ten reincarnations, there's no need to carry out more tests."
The Gray Fog lady said apologetically, "I'm sorry, we shouldn't have doubted such a determined Prison Breaker, but please understand that this is to ensure absolute safety. After all, the assassins of the Apocalypse Organization will definitely do everything possible to sneak into our ranks. Anyone who might come into contact with the Red Pole Star will have to undergo the same rigorous tests.
"We had no choice but to be cautious earlier. Now, we are the closest and most reliable comrades. I hope we can fight side by side and resist to the end, fighting for true freedom and hope!"
The Gray Fog lady reached out to Li Yao.
Li Yao hesitated for a moment, but he strode forward and hugged her.
"Of course, we'll definitely succeed!"
He was not a narrow-minded person. In such an apocalyptic environment, he could understand her cautiousness. Now that they had made things clear and won each other's trust, there was no need to be angry over such trifles.
The Gray Fog lady did not expect Li Yao to be so frank and was even more delighted. Behind her, Sparda laughed aloud and hugged Li Yao, patting Li Yao's back with his only arm. "Welcome back, Prison Breaker Li Yao. I have a feeling that we'll be the best of brothers!"
"Yes."
Looking at Sparda's smiling face, Li Yao felt that something was not right, but he could not think of anything for the time being. He could only nod his head and say, "We're brothers!"
"My name is' Black Panther '. Welcome back, Prison Breaker Li Yao!"
"My name is' Purple Lightning '. Welcome back, Prison Breaker Li Yao!"
"My name is' Deep Flash '. Welcome back, Prison Breaker Li Yao!"
The Awakened, who were originally hiding in the shadows, stepped forward and hugged Li Yao one by one. They put down all their vigilance and laughed heartily. In the depths of each other's eyes, they could faintly see the dawn of victory.
"By the way, after receiving the guidance of the Dream Traveler, in addition to recovering more memories, the Awakened can often recover more abilities."
The Gray Fog lady said to Li Yao, "I don't know how you feel now. Have you recalled more things that can be applied on the battlefield?"
"This …"
Li Yao pondered for a moment and walked confidently to a container not far away. His feet naturally spread apart, his right hand spread out and aimed at the container while his left hand gripped his right wrist tightly.
All the Awakened held their breaths, looking forward to Li Yao's performance.
Li Yao felt that his vitality magnetic field was constantly expanding. Soon, it had expanded to a radius of three to five meters. He seemed to have become an indomitable giant. Everything within three to five meters was under his control.
Li Yao took a deep breath. His right hand, which was scalding from the friction of his blood, clenched fiercely. The container suddenly let out an ear-piercing metallic screech. Then, as if it was being ruthlessly trampled by an invisible 10,000-ton hydraulic press, it was instantly compressed inwardly into a pile of scrap metal no more than one meter in diameter!
The warehouse was silent. Everyone was dumbfounded.
It should be known that this standard container was more than six meters long, and more than two meters wide and tall. Although the outer shell was not made of super alloy, it was still a solid metal. Moreover, it was filled with goods.
Li Yao had used the power of crushing through the air to forcibly compress it to a radius of one meter. What kind of terrifying power was this?!
For a moment, everyone looked at Li Yao with strange eyes. Fortunately, his position and loyalty had been proven through four consecutive tests. They were convinced that he was on their side. Otherwise, it would have been a big problem!
However, thinking about it carefully, if he did not have such a terrifying Arcana, he would not have been able to gain the favor of Red Pole Star. Red Pole Star even knew how powerful he was before he fully awakened. As expected of the leader who had everything under control!
"Great!"
Sparda was overjoyed and said excitedly, "We are about to have a decisive battle with the Apocalypse Organization and even the entire Earth, and now we have such a strong ally like Li Yao. It seems that the winner of this battle will definitely be us!"
As soon as these words came out, many Awakened nodded.
They had lost too many times, and the enemy's strength on paper was incomparably strong. They really needed to grasp at every life-saving straw to strengthen their position and courage.
"Huchi, huchi, huchi …"
The 'Void Crush' this time had temporarily exhausted all of Li Yao's strength. Or perhaps it was because he seemed to have performed a technique a hundred times more powerful than the 'Void Crush' just now, which had completely emptied his brain and body. He could barely hold on any longer.
"Quickly replenish Li Yao's energy," Mistress Gray Mist said.
"I'll send the test results to the 'Ark' right now. The modification of the cargo ship is almost complete. It's estimated that we can set off in three to five hours to look for the 'Ark' in the depths of the ocean!"
…
They sailed for three days and three nights on a modified cargo ship named 'Lucky Star' and gradually sailed into the depths of the ocean.
One had to admit that it was a very good idea to avoid natural disasters on the ocean.
In the vast and boundless ocean, many sea areas were still forbidden zones for humans. There was no need to worry about encountering enemies of unknown positions. The bottomless sea could carry too much energy. In other words, to change the original appearance of the ocean and stage an earth-shattering storm required ten times more energy than land and shallow sea areas.
The catastrophes that would have been fatal in a city on land, such as the collapse of buildings caused by earthquakes, or the rolling of mudslides by floods, could not happen here.
Even if a storm really came, the specially modified large cargo ship could rely on its own tonnage to withstand it.
Perhaps it was because Earth's will had focused most of its energy on dealing with the humans on land — the heroic spirits. Lucky Star did not encounter any destructive storms in the past three days. Although the bumps were unavoidable, most of the people on board were awakened, and they were not afraid of strong winds and waves.
With the help of the Dream Traveler, Li Yao sneaked into the depths of memories a few more times and awakened more powerful abilities. At the same time, he also ate dozens of times more food than a normal Awakened.
Everything seemed to be developing smoothly, but there was always a faint sense of uneasiness in his heart. There was one thing that always lingered in his mind, making him upset and distracting.
It was the "sound of glass marbles" that had appeared in his ears when he had just sat on the iron chair and was about to accept the Dream Traveler's test.
He had never heard such a strange sound. It was completely indescribable, but it did not sound like an auditory hallucination either. It was real.
No …
Thinking about it carefully, it was not that he had never heard it before, but that he seemed to have heard a similar sound somewhere. Yes, he had heard it before. Since he was young, he had heard the "sound of glass marbles" more than once.
But where was it?
Li Yao suddenly realized something very strange.
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